Cops/Ambos/Fire people. Does this piss you off?

[discotex]

I get a lot of people asking me what they should do... I tell them it's in the fucking road code, and if that they can't recall something as simple as that from the book, then they should hand their bloody licence in...

It's just insane. I really don't envy you Donor!

On my way home in the rain tonight I stopped at an intersection to allow a police car through and was astounded to see someone turn right across their path!!

It's really not that hard eh...

http://www.landtransport.govt.nz/roa...g-signals.html

"If an emergency vehicle (such as an ambulance, fire engine or police car) is coming towards you or behind you, and is using sirens and/or flashing blue and red, or red lights, you must pull over and, if necessary, stop and allow it to pass."

[Toaster]

Land Transport (Road User) Rule 2004
Part 3 Traffic signs and signals (r 3.1 to r 3.12)
Drivers' signals

3.11Driver must make way when signalled by vehicle displaying blue or red beacons

(1)A driver must make way, by stopping if necessary, as soon as practicable with safety—

(a)for an emergency vehicle that is operating a blue or red beacon or blue and red beacons:

(b)for a vehicle that is being escorted by an enforcement officer who is driving a vehicle operating a blue beacon or blue and red beacons:

(c)if the driver has reasonable cause to believe that he or she is being signalled to make way by a siren carried on an emergency vehicle.

[Filterer]

Not wanting to hijack the thread or anything, but I'm curious if anyone has been in front of an emergency vehicle (on a bike) and tried to help push vehicles out of the way.

I was splitting the southern motorway a few weeks ago when I saw an ambo up ahead, thought this will be great, ill split behind it, its gotta be faster.

Well, no caught up to it, stayed about 5 car lengths back, "surfing the wake" and it was slower than I had been going!

Ended up overtaking and going about double its speed, I was flabbergasted that I could go so much faster then a vehicle with lights and sirens, people only seemed to notice when it was about 3 vehicles behind them

[Harry the Barstard]

I have been a volly firey for 5 yrs and a paid fireman for three.

I think being in a fire truck helps. I used to get pissed off and fill their rear vision mirror with the red of my truck. Having a big ass horn helps too.

Im totaly hearing what donor is saying though. Sometimes it just freaks people out and dear i say it, they get more stupid. If i was being honest it would depend what mood your in and the severity of the call your attending.

Idiots are eveywhere........beware

[sunhuntin]

i pull over as soon as i see it, no matter what side of the road its on. if im getting on the bike from somewhere and hear sirens, i stay in my park til i see where it is. same goes for funerals, i pull over till they have gone.

[Renegade]

Personally,
I get a lot of people asking me what they should do... I tell them it's in the fucking road code, and if that they can't recall something as simple as that from the book, then they should hand their bloody licence in...

i like your style, nail on the head, fit bull bars and move them on yourself i reckon, apparently buses are allowed to shunt you out of a bus lane, i may be wrong tho

[Angusdog]

Hmm, doubt buses have that power, or if they do it would be very unwise to use it. Buses in London have front mounted cameras and just photograph all vehicles in the bus lane - probably a good earner if they got the money but I don't think they do. The police can't be bothered filling their speed cameras with film most of the time as it comes out of their budget but they don't get any revenue. I got snapped 20 times in two years, never got a ticket.

Tried to hook in behind an ambulance heading through Knightsbridge, only to find a Merc coupe trying to do the same from the other lane - my Mk III Escort won as he valued his car's panels more than me

[Pancakes]

......................On my way home in the rain tonight I stopped at an intersection to allow a police car through and was astounded to see someone turn right across their path!! .....................

Yeah thats crazy. When I got hit a cop gave me a lift to my sisters place. From just south of the bridge to Glenfield two cars turned right across infront of the marked cop car! I just laughed out loud and was like WTF!! He said it happens all the time. If you pull into the path of a marked car, lights or not you've gotta be some kinda space cadet. Whats the glass thing in the front for?

[Delphinus]

Haha its not hard if you have any ounce of sense... Was at the front of some red lights with another car beside me, heard some sirens, and lights went green... both of us just sat there chilling out for a while, sure enough cop comes along, see's us both stopped, waves and continues on his way, and then so do we. All is well in the world.

[steveb64]

Worse still is when you come up behind 4-5 cars and you have lights/siren going.

And the front 3-4 cars all move over - and the last car (the dick right on front of you) overtakes the cars that have moved over and carries on like nothing has happened

I've seen that happen before - from one of the front cars perspectives... Saw the lights, spotted a good place to pull over - room behind for others - and some moron just in front of flashing lights passes everyone stopping, and sails on, oblivious to the flashing lights behind them...

Last time I pulled over - it was for a cop coming through - I was heading down to Auckland for the War of the Worlds concert, had the family in the Pajero, was cruising along at <110 k, and the mirror lit up! Hit the indicators, pull over, and the cop justs blasts on past. Whew!

[Reckless]

I was stopped at the lights in Rotorua on the VTR about a year or so ago. Heard the siren coming up behind me so I waited and my light turned red. Was a police car. Our light was still red. He slowed a bit then proceeded just in time to smack into the front left of some dumb cage that flew through the green from our right. Far as I could see he did everything right the siren was bloody loud its was dark and the lights where bright as, even reflecting off all the buildings around.
Cage appeared outa nowhere and bang!! They both spun about a quarter around, glass everywhere.
No one was hurt, But it was bloody funny as the last thing you ever expect to see is a cop car getting smashed!

[Pancakes]

.............the last thing you ever expect to see is a cop car getting smashed!

Holy crap do you know how many cops cars get smashed? I used to do the RT installs for the Auckland ones a few years back and far out, it's like a Hollywood action movie set!

[Sanx]

I certainly try to get out of the way of any emergency vehicle. Cops, especially, when I'm on the bike. A good twist of the throttle is pretty effective

(p/t)

I once got given a ticket in the UK for going through a red light when getting out of the way of a big red fire engine. One lane one-way street. I'm the only car waiting at a red-light. Hear the sirens, check the mirror, check the road and nip round the corner out of the truck's way. And set off the red light camera in doing so.

Ticket arrived in the post. I wrote back saying I was getting out of the way of a fire engine. They wrote back saying the next picture didn't show a fire engine going through the same red light, so the fine's to be paid. Yep - the lights changed half a second after I drove through the bloody things. *shrug* Still wouldn't stop me getting out of the way of another one though. Might be my loved ones they're on the way to.

[howdamnhard]

Agreed,I always get out of the way as soon as possible,easier on the bike.What amazes me is people don't seem to use their ears at all and rely on vision(occasionaly).


[QUOTE=JMemonic;1261310]Me I always think what if that were my relative, lover, or friend they were off to save

[crshbndct]

"At the rise of the hand by policeman, stop rapidly. Do not pass him by or otherwise disrespect him."

fine advice